Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 225

[Chapter 225 Lin Xiu’s Hunting Ground]

After all, the small competition is not just a matter for Daxia. There are also more than a dozen surrounding countries participating.

In this case, fairness is particularly important.

If the court sets a precedent for the princess of Daxia, it will definitely be criticized by other countries.

For those small countries, the national face can be said to be rejected, but Daxia is the Celestial Empire, one of the five strongest countries on the continent, and has always regarded face as extremely important. The lot that

has been drawn cannot be put back. Lin Xiu can only ask the official: “Help us check who is the number nine, right?”

The official said: “Wait a minute, I will check now.”

Although the Department of Extraordinary Arts has no such obligation, he still knows the identities of Lin Xiu, the son of Ping’an Hou, and Princess Minghe. After entering the government office to check the list, he quickly came out and said: “Reply to the princess, the number nine lot is the fifth son of the Zhang family, Zhang Xin, he is a water extraordinaire, and has just been promoted to the earth level…”

Lin Xiu didn’t know how to describe Minghe’s luck.

Not to mention that she drew the earth level lot, the opponent’s ability still restrained her.

His ability was restrained, and his strength was stronger than hers. There was no suspense in this competition.

At this time, Lin Xiu couldn’t even say words of comfort.

Princess Minghe was also speechless.

At this time, Lin Xiu looked at the wooden stick in Princess Minghe’s hand, and then looked at his own, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

Since the drawn lot can’t be put back, then don’t put it back.

He snatched the wooden stick from Princess Minghe’s hand, and stuffed his wooden stick into her, saying: “You agreed to help me draw, and I will help you draw, have you forgotten?”

Princess Minghe looked at him blankly.

When did they say that?

The official of the Yishu Division was also dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: “Mr. Lin, this, this is probably not allowed…”

Lin Xiu asked: “Why not, I just saw someone draw for someone else, can’t we help each other draw?”

The official of the Yishu Academy was stunned for a moment, and the Yishu Division really didn’t have a rule that didn’t allow people to help draw.

The rule of drawing lots is that once a lot is drawn, it can’t be put back.

After the lot is drawn on the spot and the lot number is recorded, it cannot be changed.

It hasn’t been recorded yet, so it’s not against the rules, but this kind of thing rarely happens. After all, who would choose a strong opponent over a weak one? Wouldn’t that mean giving up the chance to advance?

You know, if you lose one of the first two games of the small competition, you will be eliminated directly and lose the qualification for the big competition.

But as long as he wants, why should the Department of Extraordinary Arts bother?

The official of the Department of Strange Arts looked at Lin Xiu and said with embarrassment: “Mr. Lin, in principle, this is not allowed…”

Lin Xiu was also in the officialdom and knew some of the officialdom’s terminology. In principle, it is not allowed, and in principle, it is not allowed. He smiled and said to the official: “The princess and I agreed before that we would help each other draw lots. Now that I have drawn a good lot, I regret not changing it. Isn’t this breaking my promise? I, Lin Xiu, value the word “faith” the most. Please don’t make it difficult for me…”

The official went down the steps and said with a smile: “In this case, I will record it like this…”

Lin Xiu waved his hand and said: “Record it…”

The official of the Department of Strange Arts wrote down the lot numbers of the two people. Lin Xiu was number nine, and Princess Minghe was one hundred and nine.

After leaving the Department of Strange Arts, Princess Minghe said to Lin Xiu: “Thank you.”

Lin Xiu said: “Why are you being polite to me? Fortunately, I broke through late, otherwise I couldn’t help you…”

When he registered, Lin Xiu was still at the Xuan level. When he broke through, the registration had already ended.

Once the registration is over and all the players are registered, they cannot be changed. After all, there are very few people like him who sharpen their swords at the last minute, and this situation has hardly happened before.

Whether it is a big competition or a small competition, a strict set of procedures must be followed. If it can be changed at will, a huge chain of interests will definitely be derived from it, and the rules will be meaningless.

Lin Xiu and Princess Minghe exchanged signs on the spot, just taking advantage of loopholes within the rules.

The two separated at the door of the Yishu Division. Princess Minghe looked at Lin Xiu’s back as he left, and felt a little strange.

In the past, she saw how good Lin Xiu was to Zhao Lingyin, and she didn’t think there was anything wrong, but when he was so good to her, she deeply realized how happy Zhao Lingyin was.

Her mother died when she was very young, and her brother later went to the fiefdom. Her father accompanied the ladies in the harem every day and had little time to spend with her. She hasn’t felt the feeling of someone being good to her for a long time.

As soon as Lin Xiu returned to the new house, Zhao Lingyin couldn’t wait to ask, “Did you draw lots?”

Lin Xiu nodded and said, “Yes.”

Zhao Lingyin hurriedly asked, “What number did you draw?”

Lin Xiu said, “Number seven.”

Zhao Lingyin widened her eyes and asked, “What did you say?”

The Yishu Division arranged number seven for her. Could it be that she would face Lin Xiu in the first game?

Seeing her frightened look, Lin Xiu smiled and said, “I was kidding. I drew number nine.”

Zhao Lingyin glared at him and twisted his waist before saying, “You are so unlucky. You still drew the Earth Rank. Who is number nine? It seems to be Zhang Xin…”

When she mentioned this name, a look of joy appeared on her face, and she said, “Zhang Xin’s ability is water, you will definitely win. Even if he hasn’t broken through, he is not your opponent…”

Ice is absolutely suppressed against water.

Even if one is at the Xuan level and the other is at the Di level, it is unknown who will win or lose. What’s more, Lin Xiu is practicing both strange arts and martial arts. A month ago, Zhang Xin was not his opponent. Now he is also at the Di level. Unless Zhang Xin is at the upper level of the Di level, otherwise, this battle will be a foregone conclusion.

Lin Xiu’s luck is good, he drew the Di level.

He is unlucky, his opponent is Zhang Xin again.

However, no matter what, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. What she was most worried about was that Lin Xiu’s luck was so bad that he drew his sister or her in the first round of the draw. Fortunately, this did not happen.

The second day after the draw was the day when the small competition began.

Early in the morning, Lin Xiu came to the new house from the wedding residence, and went to the competition field with Lingyin, Qin Wan and Qianye Lin.

Zhao Lingjun did not come with them because she did not have to play today.

She should have been the first to go on stage, but when drawing lots at the Department of Extraordinary Arts yesterday, the lucky person who drew the first lot announced that he would give up on the spot.

For him, this was not the first competition of the small competition, but the final of the big competition.

Giving up is already the most dignified way of elimination.

The small competition field is in the West City of the capital.

Because the small competition is held every three years in Daxia, and the big competition is held every fifteen years, the competition field was built in the city decades ago for the competition. Every time the competition is held, it only needs to be renovated and repaired before it can be used again.

At other times, this place is used as a market.

There will be 400 competitions in the first round, which will be held in ten venues at the same time. When drawing lots, the number of lots drawn is less than 40, and it will be the first competition field. This is also the most watched competition field in the later period.

Those geniuses of the earth level will always be in this competition field.

In the first two rounds of competition, there is not much to see in the first competition field. The difference in strength is too great, and the battle will end in a very short time.

When Lin Xiu and his companions arrived here, the training ground was already crowded with people.

Young talents from the countries surrounding Daxia gathered at the training grounds where they were going to compete according to the number of lots they drew. There

was a circle of stands around the training grounds. At the front of the stands, there would be strong men from the Yishu Division, Yishu Academy, and Martial Arts Academy. They would be the referees and also responsible for the safety of the competition.

Lin Xiu and his companions walked to the first training ground area. Xue Ning’er stood up from the stands, waved to them, and said, “Here…”

Lin Xiu and Lingyin walked over and found that there was a graceful woman and two bright girls beside Xue Ning’er.

The imperial concubine actually brought Shuangshuang and Linglong with her.

Lin Xiu and his companions also sat down on the stands. At this time, there was still some time before the start of the competition, and people came over one after another and sat on the stands.

The expressions of these people were obviously different.

Some people were calm and confident, while others were worried and worried. Their identities could be distinguished from their expressions.

Those who were calm and composed were obviously the seeds of the Earth Rank. The first few rounds were no challenge for them. Those who were dejected must be the unlucky ones like Minghe. They were destined to be eliminated in the first round if they were drawn.

After a while, Li Baizhang also came here. When he saw Lin Xiu, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, “No way, did you draw the number one training ground…”

Lin Xiu nodded and said, “No way, bad luck.”

Li Baizhang’s expression changed, and he was really worried about him. If he drew a number after 20, it would be fine. If he drew before 20, he would definitely meet a strong man of the Earth Rank.

He looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “What number did you draw?”

Lin Xiu said, “Number 9.”

Li Baizhang thought about it, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “Fortunately, number 9 is Zhang Xin. You may not be unable to win against him. Your luck is too bad. There are more than 400 lots, and you just happened to draw number 9…”

This requires asking Princess Minghe why her luck is always so bad.

Lin Xiu asked Li Baizhang, “What’s your number?”

Li Baizhang said, “Fifteen.”

The numbers of these earth-level players were not ranked completely according to their strength by the Department of Extraordinary Arts. Zhao Lingjun and Qianye Lin were originally in the top ten of the Tianjiao list, and no one had any objections to their ranking at the front. The numbers after that were somewhat random.

If the Department of Extraordinary Arts could accurately rank them according to their strength, there would be no need for the competition.

On the parade ground, many geniuses from small countries had excited and nervous expressions on their faces. This was the first time they left their country and competed on the same stage with geniuses from various countries. The complex feelings in their hearts were hard to describe.

Lin Xiu’s eyes also swept back and forth in the field, and his heart was full of expectations for the upcoming competition.

This is both a parade ground and his hunting ground.

I wonder what kind of abilities these geniuses have…

(End of this chapter)